changes made by Kibu for tonight’s game! 
Costa is back in the starting line-up for Kerala while Abdul Hakku is benched. Also, Puitea gets a start!
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Mumbai City FC line-up
Mandar Rao Dessai is back in the squad after taking a personal leave.
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For a player to have completed a minimum of 250 passes at the end of MD8 in the Indian Super League, Mumbai City FC midfielder Hernan has the best passing accuracy of 92.6 amongst all players. Perfection.
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Kerala Blasters feature yet again amongst the top clubs on Social Media, beating the likes of Leicester City and West Ham United on Twitter. 
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Captain, Amrinder Singh wins the Hero of the Match 
For his exceptional performance in goal. 
Ahmed Jahouh is awarded the DHL Winning Pass of the Match
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Kerala Blasters took a total of 21 shots and managed 4 on target - same as Mumbai City FC - but could not find the back of the net.
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Kerala Blasters Head Coach Kibu Vicuna After the Match
"We lost the game in the first 11 minutes. We cannot concede like that. But we continued fighting, trying to score goals, staying alive in the match. We played well in the second half, we created chances, pressed high, but we couldn’t score.
“For us the key player was Jahouh but that’s way Vicente was closer to him but his assist from near the goalkeeper was great. In the half time, I told my players we drew against NorthEast United after they led 2-0 so why not today. In my opinion we had chances but we just couldn’t score.”
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Hugo Boumous After the Match
"Amrinder has been outstanding today. He’s a great goalkeeper, one of the best in India if not the best. He made a lot of saves today and he’s very important for us and he’s one of the main reasons for us being on top of the table.
"I think the first one clearly he tackled me, I came down and it was a penalty I think. I am not a player of that manner (simulation-wise)
“We have an offensive style of play. Even if the players are different, we are trying to play the same way. Defensively, we are better than what we were at FC Goa. We have a great goalkeeper, even though Nawaz was also good last season. Jahouh is great with his passes, I am doing well too. Rowllin, Bipin, Raynier, everyone’s doing great. We have a great squad, not only 11 or 20 but 27 players. We are enjoying in training.”
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Final scoreline MCFC 2-0 KBFC
KBFC seriously doesn’t deserve this. They played marvelous in the 2nd half. Wing play was very much well addressed plan. But Mortada fall man he is like Himalayan range. Almost cleared everything.
Ahmed jahouh as usual very much lethal. Hugo boumous was great for the goal but that was due to complete bad defending.
Once again class of refs is a problem in this ISL. From next season they need to address this. Both the penalties are not proper.
One more thing Samad is trying hard but majority of the time either he was selfish or taking wrong decisions. Passing accuracy was horribly low. He has capabilities but need to discipline this kid.
Great game of football. KBFC needs to find the strike force. If that happened, this team could be something else.
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SC East Bengal battle Odisha FC @5pm IST
MATCH PREVIEW:
Robbie Fowler and Stuart Baxter, the coaches of SC East Bengal and Odisha FC, find themselves chasing a similar target. It is about finding the first win for their teams in the Indian Super League, which is on the verge of reaching the halfway stage.
East Bengal and Odisha FC are the only two winless sides in the tournament and currently occupy the bottom two places in the current league standings.
New signing Raju Gaikwad makes his first start for SC East Bengal in the Hero ISL as Robbie Fowler ushers in 2 changes while Odisha FC field an unchanged XI once again.
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It took SC East bengal eight games to register their first win in the ISL, the longest by any team in the competition. The previous team that took the most number of matches to register their first win was FC Goa (5). Rejoice.
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SC East Bengal 3-1 Odisha FC
SC East Bengal celebrated a historic moment by claiming their first-ever Hero ISL win, beating Odisha FC 3-1 at the Tilak Maidan Stadium. Anthony Pilkington gave Robbie Fowler’s side the lead before Jacques Maghoma doubled the advantage with a powerful strike. New signing Bright Enobakhare had a debut to remember as he netted on his debut in the 88th minute. That wasn’t the end of it as the 100th goal of the season was also scored seconds ahead of the full-time whistle.
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